Question: A warehouse has only the loading dock manned by a three - person crew. Trucks arrive at the loading dock at an average rate of

A warehouse has only the loading dock manned by a three-person crew. Trucks arrive at the loading dock at an average rate of 4 trucks per hour and the arrival rate is Poisson distributed. The loading of a truck takes 10 minutes on an average and can be assumed to be exponentially distributed. The operating cost of a truck is Rs.20 per hour and the members of the crew are paid @ Rs.6 each per hour. Would you advice the truck owner to add another crew of three persons? (8)

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